The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-10

bridges. A good deal has been done in the way
of substituting stone arches over small stream q
where there were cheap wooden affairs. and in
putting in stone ahutments where bridges rested
on wood work or piles.
A side-track to hold two hundred cars is
being laid by the Decline people at a point
four miles east of Union City, and another with
capacity to load $50 cars at poins
five miles east Of Marion. These are to be made
meeting points of freight trains on the Indian
apolis division.
Both the vandalia aud the I. & ST. L. ex-
periencing trouble in securing water for theif
freight engines. many of the streams and
springs on their line have gone dry and. to
make matters worse, Tuesday night tho
water station at Fern, one of the ost important
on the l. d st. L. road, burned down.
The improvements which the Pennsylvania
Company propose to make at Jersey City will
cost over million dollars The tracks will be
tracks OF the New York Sixtn-avenue elevated
road Work is to be- begun at once and it is ex-
pecied to have trains running over the elevated
roadway by November, 1888.
The Southern passenger agents show but lit
tie anxiety to draw pleasure travel South this
season They have made the round trip rate,
going and returning by the same route. $50 from
Indianapolis to Jacksonville, Fla, and the same
rate from Chicago to Jacksonville. while St
Louis is given $37 rate. Why Chicago. nearly
two hundred miles further north. should bs
given the same rate as Indianapolis, is Of
the problems which only general passenger
agents can solve. It will be plum for the
ecalpers, however, who will buy tickets st.
Louis to Jacksonville at S37, two dollars below
the Indianapolis rate; get what they can from
st. Louis TO Indianapolis. and then cut the rate
from Indianapolis to Jacksonville.
A good deal of interest is manifesting itself in
railroad circles and among the grain shippera
as TO what viii be the outcome ct the movement
to make export rates the same via all seaeoard
points. In the matter of time Boston will have
the advantage. In the number of steamers ia
load New York will have the advantage. bus
every pound of grain and -four exported will ba
charged liehtsrage or truckaee. Philadelpnfa and
Baltimore have the advantage in the fact that
their facilities for loading from the car 20 the
steamer are the best. there being only a trans
fer of the property from the car to the steamer,
which stand side by side. 1t Is quite evident
that a good deal will depend on the popularity OF
the agent who represents either of the respective
lines at the prominent Western shipping points.
Mention was made in the Journal a few morn
lnRs ago that another financial cloud seemed to
be gathering over the Toledo. St. Louis & Kan
sss City road. The Chicago Times of yesterday
says that the employees of the Toledo, ST Louis
q Kansas City railroad on the operative ana
constructive forces have not been paid for Sep
tember services. and are becoming Impatient.
From day to day they have expected the visit
of the yellow ear with their money. Though
il is asserted that plenty of money is on hand
for liquidatng the labor debts. the officials have
been waiting for order from New York to 60
ahead with the paying. This order for some ur-
accountable reason has not been forthcoming
and there 10 aroused a suspicion of hitch IN
the constructive and operative administration in
New York. While this hitch is delaying rhe
settlement of the pay-rolls, the employees i'm
patience is taking a serious turn The section
men the line yesterday resolved that no train
pay was forthcoming atence Notwithetan ling
this resolution the trains ran without molesta-
tion. and the men have been assured that they
will be paid in day or two.